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Marshall: Planet has repeatedly refused data requests to prevent civilian harm
“We have our own ethics committee. That reviews every case with the government and checks. Is, is there some way in which this might bring civilian harm? And we have many cases refused to give data where we think that would be the case.”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 52:04 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
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Marshall: Planet applied Silicon Valley's agile software strategy to satellite hardware
“We wanted more like the Silicon Valley release early, release often software strategy than the requirements-driven, very careful science project of NASA.”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 26:36 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
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Marshall: Planet paid roughly $300,000 per launch for its first two satellites
“I think it was 300,000 dollars for the first one, and it was about that for the second one, and we decided it'd be best to put one satellite on each of two rockets to give a bit of redundancy.”
Will Marshall Dec 13, 2021 ▶ 33:02 Planet: Will Marshall and Robbie Schingler
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